Increase in performance and endurance and slight improvement in recovery but I am still playing with it and will suggest you take my experience with it with a grain of salt (or however that saying goes) as what I am experiencing can just be placebo effects. My main interest in it first was for its alkalizing effect.

I took 2tsp pre workout this past weekend, 1tsp 1.5hrs before workout and 1tsp about 20min before workout. I also took my regular preworkout consisting of gatorade, agmatine, cit mal, caffeine, beta alanine and creatine mono. I felt as if my endurance and strength had gone up a bit. As for stomach issues I only got a few burps, nothing else. The stuff is gross though (very salty) and dosing in larger amounts before hand isn't very practical except days when you have more time (maybe weekends for me).

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I took 2tsp pre workout this past weekend, 1tsp 1.5hrs before workout and 1tsp about 20min before workout. I also took my regular preworkout consisting of gatorade, agmatine, cit mal, caffeine, beta alanine and creatine mono. I felt as if my endurance and strength had gone up a bit. As for stomach issues I only got a few burps, nothing else. The stuff is gross though (very salty) and dosing in larger amounts before hand isn't very practical except days when you have more time (maybe weekends for me).

Solid amount (and list of supplements). I do a tsp with my jack3d micro and another tsp in my modernBCAA (intra)

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Interesting; I watched your video on Betaine; did you ever hypothesize as to why the data was mixed in human trials?

A few reasons, I think. The two body comp studies that found no results did not include an exercise program. I think if the subjects had been training there would be a different results.

With regards to the performance trials, we can look to differences in training protocols, as the ones that included some sort of training saw better results. There was one that found no improvements, but they did performance testing 5 days after supplementation stopped. I think we need more research to really get an idea of what it's good for and not useful for.

I believe they may be yet another benefit - and would like your thoughts.

When I take certain powered supplements, mixed in water, on an empty stomach - sometime thereafter I may get a certain emergent need to rush to the bathroom. This was the case with DAA, and I have had similar results with Arginine base. With DAA, I found that mixing the DAA with baking soda GREATLY reduced this. I am now (as of today) introducing a small amount (0.5 gr) of baking soda into my empty stomach mix, and hope to see the same benefit as I did with DAA.

I believe they may be yet another benefit - and would like your thoughts.

When I take certain powered supplements, mixed in water, on an empty stomach - sometime thereafter I may get a certain emergent need to rush to the bathroom. This was the case with DAA, and I have had similar results with Arginine base. With DAA, I found that mixing the DAA with baking soda GREATLY reduced this. I am now (as of today) introducing a small amount (0.5 gr) of baking soda into my empty stomach mix, and hope to see the same benefit as I did with DAA.

Any thoughts???

If I recall correctly, mixing DAA with sodium bicarbonate creates a new compound. So you may just be reacting differently to the Na-DAA

I've been using chlorella for a few years pre workout because of its alkalizing effect but recently I been taking a higher dose with my pre workout meal and I feel that its worked better. Gonna try taking some baking soda with that pre workout meal, pre workout and maybe some intra. To see if that can prevent the stomach issues

From a well researched / well documented point of view (as opposed to anecdotal), Transdermal Magnesium Chloride seems to be the single most underrated supplement. I rarely hear it discussed however its necessity for proper biological functioning is remarkable.